Cannabis industry collective opening Kootenay Chapter in Heritage City
With marijuana legalization becoming a near inevitability, many organizations are gearing up to prepare the next generation of leaders for the cannabis industry. Women Grow, located in the Front Street Emporium offices in Nelson, is a collective of industry trailblazers looking to “connect, educate, inspire and empower the ...
Complaint Filed Against Climate Change Denier Groups
Six leading Canadians are calling on the Commissioner of Competition to investigate false and misleading representations made by climate change denier groups, such as Friends of Science. One example of the claims being complained of is shown above, on a billboard. Canada’s Competition Act prohibits the making of materially...
Bhatoa, Woods lead Rebels to 9-0 whitewash of Nelson Leafs
The Nelson Leafs perhaps suffered its worst defeat in franchise history as rival Castlegar Rebels put a 9-0 beat-down on the Green and White in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Wednesday night in the Sunflower City. Mike Bhatoa scored four times and had six points while Tayden Woods scored the hat-trick and finished with […]
Cancer Society Press Release: One Night Stand Against Cancer
The Canadian Cancer Society is asking residents of the Southern Interior to Take A One Night Stand Against Cancer. This campaign encourages people to generously cover the cost of a one night stay at the Society’s Southern Interior Rotary Lodge, in Kelowna, for someone fighting cancer. After enjoying the sales of Black Friday...
Kootenay Ice foiled again at home, Vancouver North East sweep pair
The Kootenay Ice can play with any team in the BC Major Midget Hockey League. The Kootenay squad, however, just can’t do it for 60 minutes. For the second consecutive weekend the Ice stayed with one of the league’s heavyweights before dropping a pair of BCMMHL games this past weekend at the NDCC Arena. Vancouver […]
COLUMN: COP21: Hope for Humanity
by David Suzuki With world leaders now meeting in Paris for the UN Climate Change Conference, we’re seeing signs of hope for an agreement to limit the escalating effects of global warming. Canadians, especially, have reason to be optimistic about our country’s role. It hasn’t always been this way. Governments have been...
COLUMN: Driverless Cars? At Our Peril!
As a teen the fantastical technology of Star Trek riveted me. The phaser weapon, universal translator, hand held computer and medical tricorder all found an ‘if only’ niche in my imagination. A half century later my ‘if only’ has come closer to reality than I could ever have imagined. Laser pointers and battleship mounted laser […]
Rossland Recreation: More Public Skating for the Holidays
REC Dept. over the Holidays During the week of December 21st to 27th, the REC Dept. will be open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, from 9:00-4:00pm, December 21-23. The Office will be closed on Thursday, December 24th. During the second week of the Holidays, the Dept. will be open Monday, December 28th to Thursday, December […]
New Study Links Brain Damage to Contact Sports
Should your children play contact sports? There is new information available to parents about the longer-term health effects to consider when making decisions about which sports to encourage, and what precautions to take for contact sports. The Mayo Clinic is a well-respected medical research and treatment facility in the US. A recent Mayo Clinic news […]
Female who attempted to take bite out of NPD member faces long list of charges
A woman, who tried to feast on an officer, is facing a laundry list of charges following a late night altercation Monday with police and a renter said Nelson Police Sergeant Corey Hoy in a media release. Hoy said NPD were called at 11:29 p.m. Monday to a downtown residence after a female refused to […]
